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This name has really grown on me over the past couple of weeks. I know it's close to entering to the top 100. Do you think it will enter the top 100 next year? I know it should, but for some reason I still can't see it in the top 100.
Is it too close to 'violent'? Too old fashioned? I also wonder why it isn't popular in Britain at all. Flower names seem to be so fashionable there but Violet never made it. Any ideas?
Is it too close to 'violent'? Too old fashioned? I also wonder why it isn't popular in Britain at all. Flower names seem to be so fashionable there but Violet never made it. Any ideas?
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I think Violet is a beautiful name. It's not overly common here in Australia, as I think it might sound a little too old-fashioned for some parents. The sound is close to 'violent', but that's not enough of a deterrent for me, as you obviously wouldn't name a child "Violent"! A beautiful name imo.
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Yeah, it'll be in the top 100 next year, almost guaranteed. It has a lot of momentum built up, and I can't think of anything that happened over the past year that would slow it down. I've seen it multiple times in BAs around here, including one Violet who made the front page of our local rag for being born, via c-section, on 12/12/12 at 12:12:12.
I don't think it's too close to violent most of the time. It would be better paired with a surname that doesn't have a lot of Ns, though. Something like "Violet Newman" or "Violet Nunn" sounds more like violent than a name like "Violet McAfee" or "Violet Smith."
I don't think it's too close to violent most of the time. It would be better paired with a surname that doesn't have a lot of Ns, though. Something like "Violet Newman" or "Violet Nunn" sounds more like violent than a name like "Violet McAfee" or "Violet Smith."
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It may or may not be top 100 next year. I think it'll probably move up, but at the same time, I don't see any signs of it becoming super popular. I've never met one.
Personally, I really like Violet (obviously, as it's my user name.) It doesn't remind me of the word "violent," though I can see why it might for some people. I also don't find it too old-fashioned. Old-fashioned is in, as far as I'm concerned, so it doesn't really matter unless it's horribly dated (which is different than being old-fashioned.)
Personally, I really like Violet (obviously, as it's my user name.) It doesn't remind me of the word "violent," though I can see why it might for some people. I also don't find it too old-fashioned. Old-fashioned is in, as far as I'm concerned, so it doesn't really matter unless it's horribly dated (which is different than being old-fashioned.)
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I really like Violet. I don't think it's too old-fashioned (I don't know any Violets at all) and I don't really think it matters that it wounds like 'violent'. I don't really associate it with that word. I think it's really pretty.
It looks like it will be in the top 100 next year. It seems to rising steadily. I hope it doesn't make it, though. Or turn into Lily or anything.
It looks like it will be in the top 100 next year. It seems to rising steadily. I hope it doesn't make it, though. Or turn into Lily or anything.
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I'm from the UK and to me Violet (and especially the nn Vi) still seems a bit dated / old-fashioned, whereas other flower names that are fashionable here are more 'cutesy' and end in the nicknamey-sounding 'ee' sound that is currently so popular here (Lily, Poppy, Daisy, Ros(ie) etc).
I would actually much rather see a little Violet than yet another Poppy though.
I would actually much rather see a little Violet than yet another Poppy though.
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I don't know any young Violets. I have known two grown-up ones, both black ladies (both teachers, in fact) who'd be around sixty or so now. So it seems a very old-fashioned name to me. It is definitely not popular in my area.
It's an okay name, but it seems a bit cartoonish to me. Like a very tiny cartoon girl with purple hair and magical powers and maybe a pet dragon. I find it hard to picture an ordinary young girl with this name. It's just goofy.
It's an okay name, but it seems a bit cartoonish to me. Like a very tiny cartoon girl with purple hair and magical powers and maybe a pet dragon. I find it hard to picture an ordinary young girl with this name. It's just goofy.
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